Conveyer-belt.



No. 700,300. Patented May 20, I902.

CONVEYEB BELT.

(Application 11160 Aug. 27 1901..

(lo Modal.)

722.6 63' v fizz/6115074 fmmflgjia I zen of the United States, residing in Philadel- Y I ter, reference bein'g'had p drawings, inwhieh- I a transverse sectional viewof; the .beltshown view of the belt, showing the supporting-roll.-

' constructed for conveying granular and like a belt curved or bent longitudinally, so as'to I p v p Y less section and two sideendless sections, said UNITED ST T S;

JAMES M. DODGE,VOF, PHILADELPHIA,

LI K BELT ENGINEERING ooMPANY, 0E PH LADELPHIA, PE

A CORPORATION OF, PENNSYLVAN PATENT PENNSYLVANIA, Ass e oR To THE. I

NNSYLVANIA,

CONVEYERBELT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed August 27,1901.

To all whom it may concern): v Be itknown that I, JAMES M. DODGE, a citi phia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain 5 Improvements in Conveyer-Belts, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to overcome the objection to the ordinary form of conveyer belt, which is bent or curvedlongitudinally,

10 so as to-more readily retain the material be-.

. ing carried.' This object I attain by making theconveyer-belt in two or more 1 sections hinged together, as fullydescribed hereinafto theaecompanyingl I. Figure l is aperspective viewofjone form of my improved eonveyer-belt Fig. 2-is' a in Fig. 1. Fig. 3'is'at'ransverse sectional ers. 4is a View of almodificationof the belt, showing it made'in th'ree'sections Conveyor belts as ordinarily made of leather or other suitable flexible material are materials. Flat belts of this type, if used, have to beef considerable width in order to carry the quantity of material demanded, and the flat belt has been, displaced materially by form a carrier which has great capacity; but

, this carrier has to be supported at intervals by suitable guides or rollers, so 'as to keep j the belt curved on the carrying-run, and must be flattened at each end of the 'conveyer to pass around theguide rollers. This action on the beltdeteriorates it, and variousmeans have been provided for strengthening the belt which add materially to the cost. I A

I overcome the objections noted by making the belt in two or more independent sections A A, Fig.1,'and these sections are coupled together at their ab hinges B.

ntting edges by suitable heretofore owing 'tothe fact that they are not. required to be flexed except in passing around dependent endless sections arranged side by side, the abuttingedges of the said sections bein g hin scribed.

"name to this specifieationi Patent No. 700,308,'dated SerialNo. 73,495. (No modelJ I preferably usethetypefof hinge shown in thedrawings, as it makes the belt flexible v, throughout its entirelength, and yet the abutting edges of the belt are so ,eloseas to pre vent the escape of any granular material, and, furthermore, a hinge of this type which is made of wire will readily accommodate itself tothe head rollers when the belt is fiattenedl The sections can be'inade much lighter than the head roller The belts may be made in two longitudinal 1 sections, asshown in Fig. 2, or they may be made in three sections, as-shown in. Fig. ,4, forming a conveyer with abrupt side flanges.

iIielaiin' as my inventione 1; A conveyer beltmade of two or more 1nged together, substantially as de- 1 ('2. A conveyor-belt made of twoor more in; dependent'endless sections arranged side by y 7 side, the abutting edges of the said sections being hinged together by a flexible hinge so that'it will pass aroundthe head wheels of the conveyer, substantially as described.

- 3. 'Aconveyer-belt made of a central end? sections b eingflexible and the abutting edges of saidsections being hinged togethensub': stantially as described.

In. testimony whereof I have signed two subscribing witnesses- Witnesses: A

.N. O. PE I RSON,

E. FUHR.

. 5s- A and he beltdoes not have j 1 to be reinforce n the presence Oil JAMEsM- DODGE. 

